Paul Craig Roberts -- The Neoconservatives Are Brewing A Wider War In Syria

While you are enjoying your
Sunday, the insane neoconservatives who control Western foreign policy and
their Turkish and Saudi Arabian vassals might be preparing the end of the
world.

Any person who relies on
Western media has no accurate idea of what is happening in Syria.

I will provide a brief summary and then send you to two detailed accounts.

The neoconservative Obama
regime set-up the Syrian government headed by Assad for overthrow. A long
propaganda campaign conducted in Washington’s behalf by the Western media
portrayed the democratically-elected Assad as a “brutal dictator who uses
chemical weapons against his own people.” Washington organized and supported a
front group posing as democrats and involved them in conflict with the Syrian
military.

With conflict underway,
Washington began predicting that something had to be done to overthrow Assad
before he used “chemical weapons against his own people.” Obama turned these
predictions into a “red line.” When Assad used chemical weapons against Washington’s
puppets, the US would invade Syria.

With the “red line” drawn,
a false flag chemical weapons attack was staged, or an accident occurred, that
Washington used to say that Assad, despite the US warning, had crossed the “red
line.”

Preparations for an
invasion began, but hit two roadblocks. David Cameron, Washington’s puppet
prime minister of Great Britain was unable to deliver British support for the
invasion as the Parliament voted it down. This left Washington uncovered and
vulnerable to the charge of naked aggression, a war crime.

Russian diplomacy threw up
the other road block by securing the removal of all chemical weapons from
Syria.

Their invasion plan
frustrated, the neoconservatives sent the jihadists they had used to overthrow
Gaddafi in Libya to overthrow Assad. Initially known as ISIS, then ISIL, then
the Islamist State, and now Daesh, a term that can be interpreted as an insult.
Perhaps the intention of the name changes is to keep the Western public
thoroughly confused about who is who and what is what.

Washington now pretends
that it is fighting the Islamist State, but Washington is doing its best to
frustrate the success of the Russian/Syrian alliance that is defeating the
Islamist State..

The neoconservative
insistence that “Assad must go” comprises a threat to the security of Russia,
Iran, and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hezbollah is the Lebanese force that has twice
defeated Israel’s attempt to annex southern Lebanon for its water resources.
Hezbollah is dependent on Syrian and Iranian support for its arms and
financing. Israel wants rid of Hezbollah.

The Islamic State that
Washington is trying to create in Syria would provide Washington with a means
of destabilizing Iran and Russia by exporting jihadism into those countries.
The Russian Federation has Muslim populations as do former provinces of the
Soviet Union that now cooperate with Russia. By bogging down Russia in internal
conflicts, Washington can move Russia out of the way of Washington’s exercise
of hegemony. Similarly, non-Persian populations in Iran could be radicalized by
jihadism and used to destabilize Iran.

In order to protect
themselves, Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah have come to the support of Syria.

The Russians are there legally at the invitation of the Syrian government. The
US is there illegally.

Russian air power in
support of the Syrian Army has turned the tide against the Islamist State.

The invaders are being driven out. The neoconservatives cannot accept this
defeat.

Washington is preparing a
Syrian invasion by Turkey and Saudi Arabia, the purpose of which is to split
Syria in half with Washington controlling the eastern part with the oil fields.

Possibly this is a bluff to
get Russia to accept a Syrian settlement less favorable to Russian, Iranian,
and Syrian interests. However, the Russian government cannot risk that it is
only a bluff. If a US/Turkish/Saudi force were to arrive first in Raqqa and
Deir Ezzor, Syria would be dismembered.

The Russians can get there
first by dropping in paratroopers. In other words, what the insane
neoconservatives are doing is giving the Russian government a big incentive to
introduce Russian ground troops into the conflict. Once those troops are there,
you can safely bet that the insane neoconservatives will cause conflict between
them and US/Turkish forces.A wider war will have begun from which neither side
can back down.

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate. He has had many university appointments. His internet columns have attracted a worldwide following. Roberts' latest books areThe Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West